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Determine localization needs

Determine localization needs

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Determine localization needs

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- One of the hardest things for some stores is localizing their store for different countries, languages or cultures. Localization usually references translating languages but can also apply to different stores with varying products by region. Having different languages usually means using a human translator and manually translating each page. This can be very challenging. There are some solutions for WordPress and Magento but they're very confusing and none of them are foolproof. One of the solutions for WordPress is WPML. Sadly the tech is so limited it's almost easier to set up multiple stores on different domains than to run one store with translated content. If you do set up multiple stores, make sure you use an inventory syncing system like Stitch Labs. That way you don't have to personally update multiple websites with stock changes. And whether you set up multiple stores or you have one store with some multi language functionality, there are some other things to consider like…

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